The hint of a story behind Alexei's comment piqued Tranquillina's curiosity, but that will probably have to wait for another time. "Iapetus! - that's it, Tria did say the name later, while talking about Ulrich - " She stops herself suddenly, looking quickly at Rose, but then tries to conceal the fact that she made a connection between the two. ((Prs 2 + Guile 3 + stress die 9 = 14.)) "Let me back up a step, it will make more sense then: Tria was discussing the effect that Apollodorus's mentorship had on these three: Iapetus, then Maris, and then Ulrich, who is currently Ra'am's apprentice at [strike]Le Maison[/strike] Phoenix. Somehow, he managed to ... instill a vast amount of skill with Rego into his pupils ... not in an ordinary way. It created a, a danger within each one: something that could burst up at any moment, impelling them to impose their will upon their surroundings. Apparently Apollodorus managed to lessen the impact of this effect upon Maris; not so, with Iapetus; and with Ulrich...." she shrugs, not finishing the sentence.
"The first day I set foot in Mons Electi ... I transported myself to a traveling group led by Maris and our sodalis Rose here. I spoke of the field Aegis to this council at the time - those who are new," she nods to Roberto, Gerulf, and Stultus in turn, "should ask about it sometime. But I might not have mentioned that when I tried to express my views on it, Maris paralyzed me with a glance." Tranquillina looks around, making sure she has the magi's full attention. "Think about that, sodales. Between the moment I started moving my arm and the moment it would have touched hers, she overwhelmed my Parma Magica with a spell that could have been conveyed only through her gaze. Thinking about the power that implies.... I have spent perhaps half of my time as a maga studying the great Art of Corpus. If I had spent every moment of my life, starting from the day my Arts were opened" (Stultus, if he perks up, might notice her eyes narrowing briefly at this memory) "studying nothing but Corpus, season after season ... it is possible that I might have been able to cast such a spell and penetrate a specialist's resistance. But - without speaking a word?!" She shakes her head. "This is the magnitude of the Rego power Apollodorus's filia commands."